STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 56-57)

LONGMAN COMPLETE COURSE FOR THE TOEFL TEST

STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION

TOEFL EXERCISE (Skills 56-57): Choose the letter of the underlined word or group of words that is not correct.

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1	Amelia Earhart, the first (A) woman to fly solo across (B) the Atlantic, disappeared on (C) June 1937 while attempting to fly around (D) the world.
2	The occurrence edema (A) indicates (B) the presence of (C) a serious illness (D).
3	Atomic nuclei are (A) believed (B) to be composed by (C) protons and neutrons in (D) equal numbers for the lighter elements.
4	According legend (A), Betsy Ross designed and sewed (B) the first (C) American flag (D).
5	The middle ear (A) is attached for (B) the back of (C) the throat by (D) the Eustachian tube.
6	Plans that sprout, grow, bloom, produce seeds (A), and die within (B) one year (C) are classified for (D) annuals.
7	A marionette is controlled by (A) means strings (B) connected (C) to (D) wooden bars.
8	In (A) July of (B) 1861, Pat Garrett killed Billy the Kid in a (C) house close Fort Summer(D).
9	Many comfort heating systems using (A) steam as (B) working fluid operate (C) at (D) the convection principle.
10	Mars’s two small (A) moons are irregularly (B) shaped (C) and covered for (D) craters.

ANSWER KEY

1	C	in
2	A	occurrence of edema
3	C	of
4	A	according to legend
5	B	to
6	D	as
7	B	means of strings
8	D	close to Fort Summer
9	D	according to
10	D	effect of water